This Week's Mix

I have to admit that I was going to do something totally different for this week's mix. Then I found this song from Gang Gang Dance and knew that the mix just needed 9 supporting tracks.

Gang Gang Dance - House Jam
Junius - At The Age Of Decay
pacificUV - Need
Joy Wants Eternity - Existances Rust
El Ten Eleven - Lorge
Underworld - Bigmouth
Unkle - Hold My Hand
Fields - The Death
The Warlocks - Zombie Like Lovers
65daysofstatic - Radio Protector

Thursday Shows

Yeasayer (photo from r5productions)

Following a great start to the week and month, Thursday has a bunch of shows to check out.

After a night in the District, Yeasayer is coming to the First Unitarian tonight for their first Philly show in almost a year. IPod commercial featured artist Chairlift joins them.

mp3: Yeasayer - Sunrise
mp3: Chairlift - Bruises

Bluegrass meets punk sprinkled with Celtic overtones is probably one of the best ways to describe O'Death. If you have not seen them live, it is well worth the show. The entire band is shirtless and sweaty by the end of the night. Head on over to the Black Cat tonight. Local indie faves Wye Oak (nee Monarch) are also on the bill.

mp3: O'Death - Lowtide
mp3: Wye Oak - Warning

The Troc hosts a stellar line-up with Nada Surf along with Delta Spirit and The Jealous Girlfriends.

mp3: Nada Surf - See These Bones
mp3: The Jealous Girlfriends - Roboxulla

Originally a side project, Darker My Love has turned into a full time gig for Andy and Tim of the Distillers and Nerve Agents. You can catch them at Johnny Brenda's in Fishtown with Austin's The Strange Boys and locals Asteroid No. 4.

mp3: Darker My Love (download entire self-titled debut)
mp3: Asteroid No. 4 - Honeyspot

The rest of the night looks like this:

Vienna Teng @ Ram's Head Tavern
Junius/Sometimes Junkyard @ The Red and The Black
David Byrne @ The Strand (York, PA)
Modern Skirts/The Old Ceremony @ The M Room

mp3: Junius - Hiding Knives
mp3: Sometimes Junkyard - Stack Steps on Bricks
mp3: Modern Skirts - My Bully
mp3: The Old Ceremony - Ole

This Week's Mix

Next week, I will present you with my favorite albums of the year. Before I do that, I wanted to touch upon some of my favorite songs that aren't on the CDs that made my list. So I decided that this week's mix would be a good chance to that. Enjoy!

Modest Mouse - Spitting Venom
Film School - Must Try Easier
Band of Horses - Is There A Ghost?
Junius - A Word Could Kill Her
Kinetic Stereokids - Explosions Were Heard
LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
Battles - Atlas
Simian Mobile Disco - I Believe
Kasabian - I.D.
Editors - Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors

This Week's Mix

If you haven't noticed, Joe has been M.I.A. this week with a pretty serious illness. The good news is that he is finally recovering and was just cleared by the doctor, so he should be back in circulation by next week. Anyway, I wanted to do more of a rock infused mix this week to help him get his energy back. Enjoy!

Pelican - City Of Echoes
Avec - Dysplasia
Junius - At the Age of Decay
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
Unkle - Hold My Hand
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Down Boy
Hum - Counting Stars
!!! - Myth Takes
Soft - You Make Me Wanna Die
Minus The Bear - Dr. L'Ling

New Music: Junius

Our first love here at IA, is to talk about local music. Our second love, is to find great new music from all around the world. A great release we just got word of a couple days ago, is from the band Junius. They are a dark, electro-enhanced rock quartet from Boston. Think Explosions in the Sky, with lyrics.

Their self-titled release will compile the two EPs that they have previously released. I have had the pleasure of listening to the whole album and it blew me away. The sounds and emotions that are put into each and every song are rare and can only be borne out of hard work and lots of attention to detail. The urethral feel of some of the songs will put you in a trance-like state.

The guys are currently on tour out west. The CD should be released in October. Junius has plans to start recording another LP in 2008, along with plans to tour Europe, Japan and all of North America. You can stream the album here.

Junius - At The Age of Decay